[Bug 13245] New: Kate (and other KDE progs) are hard wired for ispell which isn't installed by default

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Ubuntu | aspell

           Summary: Kate (and other KDE progs) are hard wired for ispell
                    which isn't installed by default
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: aspell
        AssignedTo: debzilla at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: james-lists at worldfuturecouncil.org
         QAContact: kubuntu-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


After installing Ubuntu, KDE and Kate, goto tools->spellcheck and kate will
complain it cannot find any ispell dictionaries. By default aspell is installed,
and not ispell. 

One option would be to install both by default (which takes up extra room).

The quick and easy option is to create a symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/bin/aspell /usr/bin/ispell 
This fixes the problem with kate, and the spellcheck will work fine after this
(not sure if this would interfere when installing ispell).

Another long term option would be to add a spell option to /etc/alternitives,
either recode all KDE apps to use this new location, or rename ispell and aspell
to ispell-bin and aspell-bin and create redirect scripts in /usr/bin/ispell and
/usr/bin/aspell

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